Australia vs Lithuania: Mortality rate, under-5
Australia
3.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
3.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
172nd
Lithuania rank
173rd
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Australia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Australia currently reports 3.6 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lithuania ahead.
Australia ranks 172nd and Lithuania ranks 173rd of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.88 per 1,000 live births | 34.25 per 1,000 live births | 11.37 per 1,000 live births | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 17.73 per 1,000 live births | 21.98 per 1,000 live births | 4.25 per 1,000 live births | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 11.4 per 1,000 live births | 17.42 per 1,000 live births | 6.02 per 1,000 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 7.42 per 1,000 live births | 14.81 per 1,000 live births | 7.39 per 1,000 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 5.69 per 1,000 live births | 8.94 per 1,000 live births | 3.25 per 1,000 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 4.08 per 1,000 live births | 4.96 per 1,000 live births | 0.88 per 1,000 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 3.52 per 1,000 live births | 0.18 per 1,000 live births | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Australia or Lithuania?
- Australia, at 3.6 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Australia and Lithuania?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Lithuania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Lithuania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Australia ranks 172nd and Lithuania ranks 173rd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.